Method and apparatus for monitoring electronic transmission of an image
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring electronic transmission of an image comprising the steps of:
- electronically inserting a dynamic input test signal into an electronic source image to produce an electronic input image;
supplying said input image to a processing circuit and, in said processing circuit, caching said input image in an image memory, as a cached image;
in said processing circuit, generating an output image containing a dynamic output test signal, said output image being selected from the group consisting of said cached image and an image derived from said cached image, and emitting said output image from said processing circuit and displaying said output image;
testing only said dynamic output test signal contained in said output image emitted from said processing circuit as to whether said dynamic output test signal corresponds to said dynamic input test signal; and
generating a humanly perceptible notification if said testing indicates non-correspondence between said dynamic output test signal and said dynamic input test signal.
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Abstract
In a monitoring method and image processing apparatus for monitoring electronic transmission of an image, an image detector supplies an input image to a processing circuit that caches it in an image storage. The cached image, or an image derived therefrom, is forwarded as an output image to a viewing device, which outputs the image to a viewer. To monitor the image transfer, an insertion circuit upstream from the processing circuit inserts a dynamic input test signal into the input image. A test circuit downstream from the processing circuit tests whether the output image contains a dynamic output test signal corresponding with the input test signal. Given the absence of the dynamic output test signal, alarm notification is provided to the viewer.
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Citations
34 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring electronic transmission of an image comprising the steps of:
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electronically inserting a dynamic input test signal into an electronic source image to produce an electronic input image; supplying said input image to a processing circuit and, in said processing circuit, caching said input image in an image memory, as a cached image; in said processing circuit, generating an output image containing a dynamic output test signal, said output image being selected from the group consisting of said cached image and an image derived from said cached image, and emitting said output image from said processing circuit and displaying said output image; testing only said dynamic output test signal contained in said output image emitted from said processing circuit as to whether said dynamic output test signal corresponds to said dynamic input test signal; and generating a humanly perceptible notification if said testing indicates non-correspondence between said dynamic output test signal and said dynamic input test signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 32)
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12. An apparatus for monitoring electronic transmission of an image comprising:
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an insertion circuit that electronically inserts a dynamic input test signal into an electronic source image to produce an electronic input image; a processing circuit connected to said insertion circuit and being supplied with said input image, said processing circuit having an image memory and said processing circuit caching said input image in said image memory, as a cached image; said processing circuit generating an output image containing a dynamic output test signal, said output image being selected from the group consisting of said cached image and an image derived from said cached image, and emitting said output image; a display connected to said processing circuit for displaying said output image; and a test circuit connected to said processing circuit and also supplied with said output image that tests only said dynamic output test signal in said output image to detect whether said dynamic output test signal corresponds to said dynamic input test signal, and said test circuit generating a humanly perceptible notification if said dynamic output test signal does not correspond to said dynamic input test signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 33)
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22. A computer readable medium encoded with programming instructions that operate an insertion circuit, a processing circuit and a test circuit for monitoring electronic transmission of an image, said programming instructions:
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causing a dynamic input test signal to be electronically inserted, in said insertion circuit, into an electronic source image to produce an electronic input image; causing said input image to be supplied from said insertion circuit to a processing circuit and, in said processing circuit, to be cached in an image memory, as a cached image; causing said processing circuit to generate an output image containing a dynamic output test signal, said output image being selected from the group consisting of said cached image and an image derived from said cached image, and to emit said output image from said processing circuit and to display said output image; causing only said dynamic output test signal in said output image emitted from said processing circuit to be tested in said test circuit as to whether said dynamic output test signal corresponds to said dynamic input test signal; and causing said test circuit to generate a humanly perceptible notification if said dynamic output test signal does not correspond to said dynamic input test signal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34)
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